![UPDATE: Financial regulators peak body meets today as banks feel pressure to prove good behaviour](https://businessdesk.co.nz/images/dummy.png)
UPDATE: Financial regulators peak body meets today as banks feel pressure to prove good behaviour
(Adds comment from Bankers Association starting in the seventh paragraph) By Pattrick Smellie May 2 (BusinessDesk) - A little-known peak body of government agency chief executives will meet this afternoon to discuss next steps as New Zealand regulators step up pressure on t...
![10 big ideas on 'decarbonisation' from the Productivity Commission](https://businessdesk.co.nz/images/dummy.png)
10 big ideas on 'decarbonisation' from the Productivity Commission
By Pattrick Smellie April 27 (BusinessDesk) - The Productivity Commission today publishes a 508-page draft report on how New Zealand can meet the government's goal of achieving a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, let alone the goal of reducing emissions by 30 percent on 2005...
![Trees and transport electricification key to carbon neutral economy, says Productivity Commission](https://businessdesk.co.nz/images/dummy.png)
Trees and transport electricification key to carbon neutral economy, says Productivity Commission
By Pattrick Smellie April 27 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand can achieve a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, but the price of carbon may need to be as high as $250 a tonne, mass uptake of electric vehicles would be required by 2030, and much of the country's marginal sheep and beef...
![UPDATE: Auckland airport optimistic it can convince Comcom on its profit path](https://businessdesk.co.nz/images/dummy.png)
UPDATE: Auckland airport optimistic it can convince Comcom on its profit path
(Adds Auckland Airport CFO comment, updates share price) By Pattrick Smellie April 26 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission is concerned Auckland International Airport is planning to make excessive profits on its regulated assets, but the country's largest airport says i...